Posted inBars and Nightclubs Bartenders Cocktails and Mixed Drinks Gender Glassware Do Cocktail Glasses Have a Gender? For Some Men, Clearly. Stereotypes may be fading, but bartenders say many male customers are still uneasy with fancy glassware. And bars are trying to help. Posted by By Becky Hughes
Posted inArt Black People Blown Away (TV Program) Collectors and Collections Glass Glassware Knowles, Solange Philadelphia (Pa) Saint Heron Tacoma (Wash) Artist Jason McDonald on Making Glassware With Solange Knowles and Saint Heron Jason McDonald became a glassblower knowing that throughout history, there’s little to no record of Black glassblowers. He’d like to change that. Posted by By Christine Jean-Baptiste
Posted inFactories and Manufacturing Glass Glassware Hayashi, Kyosuke Japan Makihara, Daizoh Mitsuwa Glass Kogei vis-photo In Japan, Artisans Create ‘Cut Glass From Edo’ The traditional technique called edo-kiriko is primarily used for drinking glasses, but one company has used it to make watch dials, too. Posted by By Noriko Hayashi for The New York Times